GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

[Brendan Standing Alone]

Bloody hell, listen to some Clark!
Body Riddle is a cracker of an album, up there with the top "IDM" albums for me, and there is gold on every release of his.
Fans of Aphex and Boc tend to bypass people like Clark and even Plaid, yes they're less mysterious and cool aside the music and you won't tend to get fan obsessed with them like Aphex and Boc but musically the are up on the top tier with their contemporaries. melodically, complexity etc etc. So yeah, while waiting dive in and find some other stuff.
Body Riddle for Clark and Spokes for Plaid, will take a couple of listens but both are top of the pile. Spokes is level pegging with Geogaddi for me and that is literally the peak.

100%. Not to mention other contemporaries such as Bibio, Casino Versus Japan, Freescha, Marumari, Coppice Halifax, Deadelus, Floating Points, Four Tet, Golden Panda, Kodomo, Locsil, Oneohtrix Point Never, Satoshi & Makoto, Shigeto, Shlohmo, Teebs, Mount Kimbie, etc.


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[Fredd-E]

English (translated):

For the time being, enough challenges. They've got plans for projects of their own. They're in negotiations for a soundtrack to a big film. They've already begun a new lp (they have a contract for another three albums with Warp). Mike: "The next album shall come as a shock to everyone. Nobody will expect this from us." And there really are plans for some live performances with a band in the new year. But that rumour went around three years ago as well. They've kept silent since.

So... ahem... TCH... that is one... TH is another... no soundtrack, no live performance, and what was said might have been from 2002 if you read that 2005 interview as rumour that is three years old as mentioned.

Well, I mean... JWST eventually launched, like three centuries beyond the original date planned... it DID overdeliver...

I can only hope the boys do the same, 'cause man, the music scene has not only changed since TH, it has been overturned completely.

Maybe due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the band was accidentally swallowed by a small dog...

You misunderstood I'm afraid. This interview is a Campfire Headphase interview. The next album refers to the one after Campfire obviously. In this case it could've been they referred to Tomorrow's Harvest, but maybe the "shock album" was scrapped altogether and replaced with Tomorrow's Harvest. We don't know that. We do know that right after Campfire got released they already had the title Tomorrow's Harvest and its theme ready. That's mentioned in another interview. So maybe that IS their shock album after all? Also it's kinda a soundtrack to a non-existent movie. Speaking of soundtracks. They were in fact aiming to do the TRON soundtrack before it went to Daft Punk. So there is truth to that statement.

The rumour that went about three years ago is about the live performance. That indeed still didn't happen alas.

[Orbited insanitarium]

Speaking of soundtracks. They were in fact aiming to do the Daft Punk soundtrack. So there is truth to that statement.

Maybe I haven't read all the Sandison interviews yet, and I'm a cheeky beggar asking to know, but where's that Dafte le Punke/BoC soundtrack news come from?

[Fredd-E]

Speaking of soundtracks. They were in fact aiming to do the Daft Punk soundtrack. So there is truth to that statement.

Maybe I haven't read all the Sandison interviews yet, and I'm a cheeky beggar asking to know, but where's that Dafte le Punke/BoC soundtrack news come from?

Oops, I meant the TRON soundtrack of course that eventually got handed over to Daft Punk. Was a bit too quick there.

[Negamuse]

In this case it could've been they referred to Tomorrow's Harvest, but maybe the "shock album" was scrapped altogether and replaced with Tomorrow's Harvest. We don't know that.

I wonder if the "shock album" was that it was going to incorporate vocals? It always felt like the whole thread with Solange was the beginnings of something that got backed away from. I wasn't the keenest on those tracks but only cos the vocals felt kinda pasted onto something already finished... I'd have loved to have heard something written with the vocals in mind from the get-go. The remixes they've done and the production on Sometimes... a vocal album from them might really work, you know?

But yeah, if they had the Tomorrows Harvest theme so soon after TCH then its hard to put those two ideas together in a way makes sense.

[Fredd-E]

In this case it could've been they referred to Tomorrow's Harvest, but maybe the "shock album" was scrapped altogether and replaced with Tomorrow's Harvest. We don't know that.

I wonder if the "shock album" was that it was going to incorporate vocals? It always felt like the whole thread with Solange was the beginnings of something that got backed away from. I wasn't the keenest on those tracks but only cos the vocals felt kinda pasted onto something already finished... I'd have loved to have heard something written with the vocals in mind from the get-go. The remixes they've done and the production on Sometimes... a vocal album from them might really work, you know?

But yeah, if they had the Tomorrows Harvest theme so soon after TCH then its hard to put those two ideas together in a way makes sense.

A vocal album could definitely work yes. But has to be all from scratch indeed. Exciting thought!

Some TH quotes:

"Marcus Eoin: "We took some time out, and spent some time travelling. Then we expanded our studio space a great deal, and these things take time. But we're always working, all the time, whatever else is going on. So we'd begun sketching out things for this record straight after the last one, and got heavily into tying it all up last year.""

https://bocpages.org/wiki/We%27ve_Become_a_Lot_More_Nihilistic_over_the_Years

"Michael: "We began by making sketches, right after the release of the Trans Canada Highway EP in 2006. We then lived in the US for a couple of years and really began working on it two years ago. In the meantime we spent time raising our children, but we didn't do any work outside of Boards Of Canada." "We're both very interested in politics and other global affairs. Since 2005 we wanted to do something with the fact of overpopulation in the world and also the darker side that our society is progressively sliding into. "

https://bocpages.org/wiki/Band_of_Brothers

Sketches 2006. Heavy work 2011. Release 2013. And no other jobs. What a life.

[TheStatPow]

The brothers are either calculated or compulsive liars. I wouldn't quote their interviews.

[deadfly]

The brothers are either calculated or compulsive liars. I wouldn't quote their interviews.

...or maybe they just have plans that don't work out, or they just change their minds

[Brendan Standing Alone]

The brothers are either calculated or compulsive liars. I wouldn't quote their interviews.

...or maybe they just have plans that don't work out, or they just change their minds

Or are maybe just over it already. People change. (Hope not.)


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[TheStatPow]

The brothers are either calculated or compulsive liars. I wouldn't quote their interviews.

...or maybe they just have plans that don't work out, or they just change their minds

I'm sorry but, that's an opinion based on facts. It's not entertaining and it's missing a hint of sensationalism.

Very boring!

Some people just can't accept the SHOCKING truth!

[blinking182tim2]

The brothers are either calculated or compulsive liars. I wouldn't quote their interviews.

...or maybe they just have plans that don't work out, or they just change their minds

Or are maybe just over it already. People change. (Hope not.)

Yeah. To be honest, every time I listen to the already released stuff I seem to find something new I love. I would be perfectly fine knowing that they aren't planning on putting anything else out. I've had to do that with some other bands I'm a fan of, I just have to boc to that list.

[SamuraiDrifter]

We just heard from MDG a new album is on the way.

[Magrathea]

We just heard from MDG a new album is on the way.

Sorry but...

[SamuraiDrifter]

viewtopic.php?p=307974#p307974

Only 10 pages ago and people are already returning to the "they're never releasing a new album " posting.

It might not be soon, but it's coming.

[rodox_head]

https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=307974#p307974

Only 10 pages ago and people are already returning to the "they're never releasing a new album " posting.

It might not be soon, but it's coming.

Are you sure we can just take this "mdg" person's word for it?

[Sky and Trails]

The new album is coming extremely soon. Urgently soon. It will jump to the front of the line.

I think the brothers have been in Toronto for awhile.

(speculation)

I also want to say that their new album having vocals is a nice idea!
Could you imagine if it was a live band playing one of their earlier albums in its entirety? Maybe with each of the brothers on an instrument. We'd get a glimpse at some of their musical friends.

Oh yeah, because what I'm suggesting is an accompanying video. A live video album rearrangement of an earlier album played live to a small group of fans, followed by several small gigs in various cool places doing the same.

[Echelon]

https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=307974#p307974

Only 10 pages ago and people are already returning to the "they're never releasing a new album " posting.

It might not be soon, but it's coming.

Are you sure we can just take this "mdg" person's word for it?

You can take his word for it. After all, he did confirm that Tomorrow's Harvest was arriving.

The only issue is it was 3 years after his prophesized 2010 date because "the band was held up from factors outside of their control."

So pretty much, we're waiting on Warp and Bleep to get all the copies, promotion, and legal business out of the way. If you own a copy of Aphex Twin's Syro you can see how much cash, pressing and promotion is required for Warp to get a blockbuster record out there.

[Magrathea]

At this point, word of mouth, or heard from a distant cousin that heard a whistling above a valley deep down in the chasms of transnistria just doesn't quite cut it you know.

Call Me a doubting thomas, but at least when TH was in the air, there were signs.

Right now, it's even more dead that it has ever been, I mean, you can be like mulder and I want to believe! but that just doesn't fly in today's reality. The world changed.

Yeah, Jesus, show Me the holes...

[rodox_head]

Are you sure we can just take this "mdg" person's word for it?

You can take his word for it. After all, he did confirm that Tomorrow's Harvest was arriving.

The only issue is it was 3 years after his prophesized 2010 date because "the band was held up from factors outside of their control."

So pretty much, we're waiting on Warp and Bleep to get all the copies, promotion, and legal business out of the way. If you own a copy of Aphex Twin's Syro you can see how much cash, pressing and promotion is required for Warp to get a blockbuster record out there.

I guess I should clarify that I was being sarcastic and do in fact know who mdg is.

[Echelon]

Are you sure we can just take this "mdg" person's word for it?

You can take his word for it. After all, he did confirm that Tomorrow's Harvest was arriving.

The only issue is it was 3 years after his prophesized 2010 date because "the band was held up from factors outside of their control."

So pretty much, we're waiting on Warp and Bleep to get all the copies, promotion, and legal business out of the way. If you own a copy of Aphex Twin's Syro you can see how much cash, pressing and promotion is required for Warp to get a blockbuster record out there.

I guess I should clarify that I was being sarcastic and do in fact know who mdg is.

Never mind then